Table 2.

Prevalence of intestinal parasites (%) in fecal samples from shelter dogs and cats from different regions of Canada

Parasite	Atlantic - Dogs	Atlantic - Cats	East - Dogs	East - Cats	West - Dogs	West - Cats	Pacific - Dogs	Pacific - Cats
n	101	81	622	285	228	175	135	95
Toxocara canis	9.9	n/a	12.2	n/a	11.8	n/a	18.5	n/a
Toxocara cati	n/a	23.5	n/a	18.6	n/a	13.7	n/a	9.5
Toxascaris leonina	0.0a	n/a	1.6b,c	n/a	6.6a,b	n/a	5.9c	n/a
Ancylostoma caninum	3.0	n/a	4.0	n/a	1.8	n/a	1.5	n/a
Uncinaria stenocephala	3.0	n/a	2.9	n/a	4.4	n/a	0.7	n/a
Ancylostoma tubaeforme	n/a	0.0	n/a	4.6d	n/a	0.0d	n/a	0.0
Taeniid	0.0	7.4	1.4	3.3	3.1	6.3	0.7	2.1
Trichuris vulpis	4.0	n/a	6.1e	n/a	0.9e	n/a	3.0	n/a
Capillarid eggs	1.0	3.7	0.6	2.8	0.4	1.7	1.5	2.1
Cystoisospora	8.9	7.4	8.7	19.3	12.3	10.3	16.3	10.5
Giardia	3.0	0.0	3.9	2.1	3.5	1.7	2.2	0.0
Cryptosporidium	5.0	0.0	3.4	0.4	2.2	2.9	1.5	2.1
Sarcocystis	4.0	0.0	2.3f	0.0	11.8f,g	0.0	3.0f	1.1
All parasitesi	31.7	32.1	32.8	36.8h	38.2	29.1	33.3	21.1h

^ap = 0.0428; ^bp = 0.024; ^cp = 0.0445; ^dp = 0.0382 ^ep = 0.009; ^fp < 0.0001; ^gp = 0.0185; ^hp = 0.0321. ⁱAll parasites include many cases of multiple infections,

p values relate to shelter dog and shelter cat populations separately. n/a: Species not an usual host or parasite not identified in the species.